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A.41CEK DENIAL
[> d?"> **? 1 H.orry
was reported by
tdministrwtion
KTlo have sh?* a nav
? mistaking the sauaapr
Kra/t l?r a flv,n* ?ucer.
? - ifnirs that it wis a
? took iiim at Reports on
H. eontinur to PU? UP
WL strange '?hts and
ft vine objects.
I'm saucer there, at that.
ML isn't talking.
B^y teenagers
I Tarboro teenagers have
by officials of steal
HTfflO items from parked
Kes. The items range from
B. t0 expensive tools.
K placed at several hun
ftl'RCi! RI EE OUT -
Kb at Eton College have
E| the rule that requires
^hats to attend church and
| School every Sunday.
Hgfcion came after some
^Lhad petitioned against
Kng them of private judg
Kdliberty of conscience."
Hr had been in effect for
Hyears.
Hit. WAV STREETS
Hnts in Greenville have j
Hd City Fathers to declare
Kance setting up one-way
K illegal. "Too much busl
H be lost because people
?unusually hard time nego
Hiose strets," the merchants
Hd besides, they're even
?OSPECTORS. ARISE
Heral government agency
Blared that there is a pos
I thta deposts of uranium
Hi the Shelby area. Pro
B of some of the strategic- ;
H>ortant mineral has been ,
Bay in Shelby for somt
But mostly on an unsuc
B basis.
WAC DIET
Bint Airy woman has been
?or more than a year so
? would become eligible to
? WACs She lost from a
?85 to a Trim 146 after d
? strenuous dieting, is now
B take a physical examin
?e passed the other exams
?EMISSION QUITS
?entire five-man Wilming
Bts Commission has quit
? "the City Council is not
?in good faith,*' according
Commission head. The city
II to take over the ports
i Programs
Dunced For
t Fund Drive
il new programs have been
which will benefit the
Heart Fund drive in the
ille area, Mrs. Mildred
chairman, said today,
ketball game between the
'ille Kiwanis and Lions
ill he played at the Way
High School gymnasium
' night, February 28. The
11 plav a regulation game
there will be plenty of
interspiced throughout the
Aaron Prevost and her
1 Girl Scouts will distri
ct lapel pins on Saturday,
V 21, in Hazolwond.
I. Doolv and Mrs. Ran
rguson and their Girl
rnops will distribute the
ns in all of Waynesville |
y 21 and February 28. I
Irvson also announced that |
communities In this area
ining programs for the ro
of this week and next to
the drive,
nvc will be climaxed Sat
lisht. February 28th. with
'ual dance, which will be
the Armory. The Cavaliers
lersonville have been secur
urnish music.
he
other
CLOU
Increasing cloudi
KL'M """fr
^avnesville tempera
fompiled at the State Test
Max. Mia.
i- 50 13
..... 48 25
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The W aynesville Mountaineer
Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ?? ?
68th YEAR NO. 15 16 PAGES Associated Prawi WAYNESVILLE. N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEB. 19. 1953 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
HighwayThruCanton
Presents Big Problem
New aurvey Being
Sought By Town
Officials of
Proposed Route
State highway engineers are
scheduled soon to make up-to
date the surveys for a four lane
highway through Canton. The last
survey was made 10 years ago, it
was said this morning by Mayor
W. J. Stone.
Canton officials have requested
that a tentative survey be made
through the Highlands Park sec
tion as a matter for comparative
study. The last survey runs along
the route of the Southern Rail
way tracks, which has a "lot of
complications" the mayor said.
"Everyone realizes the problem
facing the building of a highway
through the town. It is*a major
problem for the engineers, and
certainly one for the officials of
the town. The present traffic bot
tle-neck 16 bringing a lot of criti
cism upon us, as well as proving a
teriffic expense to the town We
all realize that something must be
done,"' the mayor continued.
Canton officials are asking for
the comparative survey in order
tl\at they might be assured that
the final route chosen is the only
logical route possible for the high
way. The officials pointed out that
any route would remove consider
able taxable property from the
books, and also present several
major problems in ohnnection
with approaching street*. A ten
tative survey along the side of the
railroad would be higher than
present street levels which would
prevent construction along the
thoroughfare. Mayor Stone said.
The present state highway-con
struction law calls for the town to
pay one third of the right-of-way
costs for highways through towns.
Old estimates are that the righ
of-way through Canton would cost
about $300,000, according to L
Dale Thrash, Highway Commis
sioner. It is upon this point that
the board of aldermen are asking
for an up-to-date survey in order
that a current estimate can be made
as to costs.
a current estimate can be made as
to costs. .
Mayor Stone said he feels the
highway department should have
made a definite survey and rout
ing ten years ago. and let it be
known in order that all building,
and planning since that time could
have been geared around the pro
posed route, and develop the
areas accordingly.
The matter of the town spend
ing their $30,000 of the Powell
Bill money towards the right-of
way have come to the forefront.
Canton officials hold that the
Powell Bill money should be used
for general street improvements
and not necessarily a highway
which they feel is of as much im
portance to the state as to the
town.
Canton aldermen are not in
clined at present to pay for any
right-of-way, feeling they will have
enough expense in building con
necting streets and other expen
sive items connecting with the
highway.
Engineers and town officials are
in agreement upon one thing ?
something must be done to relieve
the present traffic bottleneck in
Canton. The situation is -rowing
worse, and the mere mention of
summer traffic gives th'e Canton
officials nervous shivers.
Mayor Stone sized un the situa
tion when he said, "the highway
would eventually be built, and
should be: just where, and how.
is a matter now being studied very
carefully. And regardless of the
route selected, there will still be
many major problems to over
come, other than the matter of ex
penses."
Highway No. 209
To Hot Springs
Blocked By Work
Due to construction work tn
Fines Creek on a 3.8 mile section
of Highway 209 at Betsy Gap. a
detour to Hot. Springs Is now nec
essary.
Signs of the detour have been
erected at Lake Junaluska. and
motorists going to Hot Springs havr
to go around via Asheville and
Marshall.
The construction of the last
link of highway connecting Hay
wood with Madison county is al
ready underway with large crews
cutting the right-of-ways.
I
Assembly To
Get Liquor
Bill Soon
News today from RaleiRh was
that a liquor bill would not reach
the General Assembly* before next
week.
The man who plans to introduce
the bill. Clay's Rep. H. M Moore,
says he'll drop It in the hopper to
day. But the word last night was
that the dry forces have still to
send their representatives in to see
Governor Umstead. And they
won't introduce the bill until they
do, since they are most anxious to
have the Governor affix his stamp
to any bill they introduce.
Just when the dry spokesman
will see the Governor isn't known.
"Getting to see him isn't as easy
as you might think," one said last
night. When they do, Reps. Gor
don Maddrey of Hertford and Wal
ter Crissman of Guilford probably
will be carrying the ball for the
Allied Church League.
In all this drama Clay's Repre
sentative Moore seems hut an in
terested bystander with a hill in
his hand. "The Allied Church
League is running the show now,"
| an observer said.
Arrested Man Is
Not From County,
A Summer Visitor
George A. Brown. Jr , former
chairman of the Haywood board of
commissioners for 12 years, was
spending today explaining to
friends that he was not the George
Brown listed in an Associated
Press story as being charged with
gambling in Florida.
The Associated Press story list
ed a George Brown of Waynesville,
being faced with five charges
growing out of gambling. The
Brown facing the charges is a
summer resident here.
George A. Brown, Jr., said he
had received a lot of mail and
telephone calls during the sum
mer for the other Brown, and even
an offer to trade Cadillacs, which
proved amusing to the (Haywood)
Brown, since he drives a Ford.
Since the story broke Wednes
day noon, George A. Brown, Jr..
has been on the go, answering the
phone, and explaining he was not
the man arrested.
This is the third time that a
similarity of names has caused Mr.
(Haywood) Brown to do a lot of
explaining. About ten vcanf ago
(See Arrested Man?Page 8)
Woman Held For
Investigation
Of Narcotics
Mrs. Jeannette Devlin Jackson
of Ashcville is being held in the
Haywood Countv iail for investi
gation by Federal Narcotic Agents,
Sheriff Fred V. Campbell said.
Mrs. Jackson was picked uo in
Clyde by Cpl. Pritchard Smith and
Patrolman H. Dayton of the State
Highway Department on a traffic
violation. John B. Balas of Char
lotte. is making the investigation.
Sheriff Campbell stated.
Surveyors See
River Road Site
Surveyors and engineers got a
close-up Wednesday of the site
where the Pigeon River Road will
be built In Haywood County by
walking the 6.59 miles to and from
the Tennessee line
Bids for the work will bo opened
in Raleigh, February 24.
Haywood To Have Six
At Democratic Dinner
Charles B. McCrarv. chairman
of the Havwood Democratic F.x
ccutlve committee, said todav that
he expected Haywood to have six
representatives at the Jefferann
Jackson Day Dinner h\ Raleigh
the 29th.
Haywood was asked to have six
representatives at the $50-per
' plate dinner.
$300,000 In Water Bonds
Go On Sale March Third
The Town of Waynesville will
offer $300,000 in water bonds for
sale on March third.
The bonds are for funds to be
used in expanding the water sys
tem here, including a modern Al
tering plant, and additional intake
lines from the 9,000-acre watershed
on the mountain.
Sealed bids will be received for
the bonds at the office of the Local
Govenment Commission in Raleigh.
The proposal sets out repayment
of $6,000 annually from 1955 to
1964, wi^h a $7,000 payment in
1965, and $8,000 in 1966, with the
payments being $15,000 from 1967
to 1981.
The citiaens of the town voted
the bonds last November, after ex
periencing a summer when enforc
ed curtailment of use of water was
necessary due to the long dry
season.
Recreation Group
Continue Study
Of Local Needs
Charles Ray, chairman of thi
ll-man Recreation Commission,
said an execulive meeting would
be hold Friday at the Hazelwood
Town Hall, for further discussion
of the general planning.
This will be the first meeting
since the public meeting here at
the court house on the 91h, at
which time a large attendance of
civic leaders participated in the
general discussion of the proposal
of development of a recreation
center in the community.
Sam Lane is vice chairman, and
Paul Davis is secretary of the i
commission
Scout Drive Is
Being Continued
Here Tomorrow
The annual adult membership
drive for Boy Scouts in this area,
which got underway last Friday,
is moving along rapidlv, members
of the Waynesville Rotary Club,
sponsoring organization, said to
day.
Jack Messer is general chair
man of the drive, which has a
goal of $1,800 in the Waynesville
area.
Members of the Rotary who are
serving with Messer include M.
H. Bowles, Ben Colkitt, G. J. Mc
Kinley, Kim Barber. Aaron Pre
vost, and William Medford.
The Waynesville area is part of
the Daniel Boone Council, which
operates the summer camping site
on East Fork
Signs Of Spring . . .
Little Mike Justice finds these tlulTy chicks quite interesting. The
chicks are about an hour old. Nothing would do but Mike be on
hand to see the first chicks come from the incubator at the Hay
wood County Farmers Co-op. Mike is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Norton Justice, t Mountaineer Photo).
Librarian Tells 01 Many
Changes In County Since
Starting Here bi 1948
Miss Margaret Johnston. C'odntyi
Librarian, who has been covering)
Haywood County regularly every,
three weeks with the Bookmobile
for a little more than lour years, j
nas seen changes lake place In that
short time that have amazed her.
In 1948. she said, there were
very few mailboxes and it was
much more difficult to find where
people lived. Now. in 20 of the 26
organized communities the road
signs and marked mailboxes make
the job much easier Just for a
comparison, sht explained that re
cently she spent 45 minutes in a
community not marked looking for
a family.
Roads have probably been one of
I he main improvements, Miss John
?ton said. Since she has b?;en li
brarian. there have been 115
miles of new paved highways. The
number of bridges, churches and
school buildings has also increased
to the added convenience and ap
pearance of the entire county, the
librarian commented.
On h?r regular county tours Miss
Johnston has traveled about 25,000
miles and circulated 124.660 books.
She has 101 stops on her schedule.
86 at homes or stores and 15 at
(See Library?Page 8)
Rowland Child
Struck By Car
Danny Rowland. 4-year-ol(l son.
of Mr. and Mrs. Gay Rowland of
Canton, was injured Wednesday
afternoon about 4:45 o'clock, when
struck by a ear oh the Clyde road
west of the Canton city limits.
The child was walking across I
the highway with his mother as
they were returning from a neigh
bor's house, and is said lo have
broken loose from his mother and
stepped into the palh of the ear.
He was brought to Dr. Duekett's
office in the medical building and
then carried "to the Mission Hos
pital in Asheville. According to
Dr. Duckett. the child suffered a
serious head injury, a broken nose
and| scalp lacerations.
Highway Patrolmen Dayton and j
Woolen who investigated the ac
cident said the automobile, a 11152
B.uick. was driven by Dewey W
Beauchamp, 35, of Asheville. No
charges have been made, pending
the outcome of the Child's condi
tion.
Ready For Big Travel Show
Various elements making up a portion of the Western North Carolina Highlanders' display at the
forthcoming National Travel Show In Chicago. Feb 20 - March 1. are assembled by Hardy Stinett.
owner-operator of the Waynesville Sign Company, who developed the entire display from Ideas sub
mitted by the Highlanders. Spectator participation features are planned to attract and hold interest
of prospective visitors to Western North Carolina, with all emphasis on the advantages of early
Spring visits. 'Mountaineer Photoi. j
Repeal Of
Old Age Lien
Law Doomed
The llavwood Welfare Board is
elated over the news that the re
peal of the old aKo lien law enact
ed in 1951 seemed doomed in the
General Assembly.
The Board had written Repre
sentative Joe Palmer early In the
session setting up their reasons
for favoring eontinuance of the
present law.
A Mil was introduced in the
House hv Representative Wallace
w. Martin, of Swain, to repeal the
two-year-old hill, hut the House
committee gave an unfavorable re
port on the measure The Martin
bill would have re|>ealed the law
providing for the recovery of old
age assistance payments by creat
ing a lien upon the property of old
age recipients.
C. C. Poindexter
Honored By Club
As 'Man Oi Year'
C. C.t Poindexter. popular prin
clpnl ofjBethel. and civic leader ot
the are* Yiasf%apn named "Man of!
the Yea*" by LM Canton Kiwanis |
Club. *
The selection of Mr. Poindexter j
'was made from a (roup of other
prominent citizens, on the merits of (
his outstanding work in many fields i
over a period of years. The an
nouncement was made following
the regular meeting of the Canton
Kiwanis Club Monday night.
1 This inaugurates the first selec
tion of this nature in Canton, and
the club plans to make It an an
nual event. The person chosen will
not necessarily have to be a Ki
watiian.
Poindexter will be honored by
the club at the regular meeting
Monday night, to be held at the
First Methodist Church. At that
time a trophy will be presented him (
by Hie club president. Irwin Good
ston.
LeRov Abernathy and Nemo
Coleman of Asheville will be spec
ial guests at the meeting. Repre-1
sentatives of other clubs have been
invited to attend.
Poindexter. who is now prinei-j
pal of the Bethel School District,
came to Canton some sixteen years
ago He served as physical direc
tor at the Champion YMCA, as
athletic coach and teacher at the
Canton high school, and as director
of the town's Recreation Park.
He is also an active church lead
er, and served as superintendent
of the Sunday School at Central
Methodist Church for several years. ?
Bloodmobile To
m
Visit Hazelwood;
150 Pints Quota
The Asheville Regional Blood-,
mobile Unit will be at the Hazel
wood Presbyterian Church Monday.
March 2, David Underwood, chair
man of the Bloodmobile Unit for
the Haywood County Chapter of
the Red Cross, reminded people
todav.
The visit will be sponsored by
Hazelwood industries. A quota of
ISO pints has been established as
the quota for this visit.
In announcing the visit of the
Bloodmobile. Underwood stated
that for the past six months the
Haywood Counry Chapter has col
lecfed only 25 per cent of Its quota.
"This county is supposed to be an
enlightened one. The blood pro
gram is one of the worthiest causes
in the country today and we of
Haywood County should certainly
go all out in its support." he said
The unit will be in Hazelwood
from 11 until 5 o'clock that day.
Plans have been made by the Elks
Club to furnish transportation for
anyone who otherwise would be
unable to visit the unit.
MYs. Pelix Stoval and Mrs. Ben
Colkitt are co-chairmen of the
group of Grey Ladies who are in
;harge.
Bids On 10,000
Feet Of Water
Lines Sought
Bids Will Be Called
On First Of Water
Expansion Program
G C. Ferguson, (own manager,
said today that the engineer's
specifications for the 10.000-foot
of 12-inch water main as part of
the expansion program of the water
system was ready.
Rids will be called for soon qii
the project. Mr. Ferguson said, in
an effort to get the line installed
before the summer season. The
10,000-foot line will connect with
the lines laid in 1947. and give a
complete parallel line to the filter
ing plant, and increase the quan
tity of water for the area.
Mr. Ferguson said that the en
gineers are also at work on the
plans for the flltoring plant, and
these are expected to be ready be
fore long. Both projects, when
completed, will give the town a
modern water system, capable of
coping with even extreme dry
seasons, as were experienced last
summer.
Three Still In
Jail From Cove
Creek Affray
" h'hUee of the five men involved
in the Cove Creek Shooting last
Thursday are in the Haywood
County jail, according to Sheriff
Fred Y. Campbell. Two were re
leased on posting Jt OOO hund each.
The five men. Weaver Jolly.
Thomas and Robert JoIIv. and
Sam McCracken of Hickorv. and
Frank Palmer of Iron Duff, were
charged with conspiracy and as
sault with a deadlv weaoon with
intent to kill at a formal hearing
Saturday at Waynesville. All wen
placed in the county jail, and
bound over to the July term of
court.
Palmer and McCracken have
since been released on bond, while
the others have been unable to
make bond, Sheriff Campbell
stated.
The shooting is alleged to have
taken place at the home of Stan
ley Messer in the Cove Creek sec
tion between one and two o'clock
Thursday morning
Alta Mae Messer 10, and her
brother Doyle, 8. were both in
jured. They are reported in good
condition.
Revaluation Of
Two Towns About
Third Complete
The committee assigned to place
a revaluation on property in Way
nesville and Hazelwood are about
one-third finished, it was learned
today.
The 3-man committee began to
day checking in "Spread-Out" area
of Waynesville.
They reported they were finding
some property not on the tax
books, and also finding new addi
tions which were being added.
Sentiment of the committee wa;
that quite a bit of additional tax
able property will be added to the
books through the revaluation pro
gram now underway.
The local committee is composed
of George A. Brown. George Surn
merrow. Hugh Jolly, and in the
absence of Mr. Jolly, due to Illness,
Henry Gaddy is assisting.
Highway
Record For
1953
In Haywood
(To Date)
Injured.... 11
Killed .... 0
'This Information rotn
pilrd from Records of
State Highway Patrol.)